Swinging gate



(No Model.)

C. hC. BOYER.

SWINGING GATE.

No. 427,148. Patentd May 6, 1890.

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CYRUS C. BOYER, OF VATERLOO, INDIANA.

SWINGING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,148, dated May 6,1890.

Application filed February 19, 1890. Serial No. 341,062. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRUS C. BOYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at W'aterloo, in the county of De Kalb and State of Indiana,have invent-ed a new and useful Swinging Gate, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in swinging gates.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive swinging gate adapted to be easily elevated to enable it tobe passed over obstructions that may lie in its path, and that wouldotherwise prevent its being opened.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a gate constructed inaccordance with the invention and shown slightly elevated. Fig. 2 is aside elevation, partly in section.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a gate constructedin the usual manner and composed of the horizontal rails 2 and thevertical bars 3, arranged upon each side of the rails and located at thecenter and ends of the gate. The gate is provided near its top with arod 4, that extends horizontally along one of the rails 2, preferablythe one next to the top of the gate, and has its inner end secured tothe central vertical bars 3 by means of a clip-plate 6, having acentralV perforation to receive the end of the rodl l., which isfastened with a nut to prevent withdrawal from said perforations. Theother end 7 of the rod 4 is provided with an eye, which is engaged by asuitable eye S, extending from a vertical post 9, connected to ahingepost 10 by eyes and pintles in the ordinary manner. When the gateis opened it swings upon said eyes and pintles l1; but when it iselevated it moves upon the eye S, extending from the vertical post 9,arranged between the gate and the hinge-post. In order to maintain thegate in an elevated position and enable it to be easily passed oversnow-drifts or other obstructions that may lie in its path, it isprovided below the horizontal rod l with a pivoted rack-bar 12, thatoperates in a slot 13 of the vertical bar 9, and is provided along itslower edge, near its outer end, with teeth 14, which are designed toengage a pin 15, secured in said slot 13 and extending transversely inthe same. The said pivoted rack-bar is operated by a cord 16, or thelikewhich is secured in a perforation of the rack-bar, and extends abovethe same and passes over a pulley, and then along one of the horizontalrails 2, and is connected to an operating-lever 1S, pivoted at its lowerend to one of the rails 2, andextending above the next higher railwithin easy reach of aperson desiring to open the gate. This lever isdesigned to be drawn toward the free end of the -gate to raise thepivoted rack-bar 12 and bring one of the outer teeth 14. into engagementwith the transverse pin 15 to maintain the gate in an elevated position.The upper end of the operating-lever 1S is guided in its movement by asuitable keeper 19.

From the foregoing description and accompanying drawings theconstruction, operation, and advantages of the invention will readily beseen.

The gate is guided in its movements vertically and prevented fromswinging laterally by the lower rail, which projects beyond the gate andforms an extension 20,working in a recess at the end of the vertical bar9.

W'hat I claim isu 1. The combination of the vertical bar 9, designed tobe hinged to a suitable post, the gate secured near its upper end tosaidbar, and the rack-bar pivoted to the gate and arranged to engage thebar to maintain the gate in an elevated position, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of the bar 9, designed to be hinged to a post, thegate secured near its upper end to the bar, the rackbar pivoted to thegate and arranged to engage the said bar, and the operating-leverpivoted to the gate and connected with the rack-bar and adapted to raisethe same, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of the vertical bar 9, designed to be hinged to apost and provided with a transverse recess, and having a pin 15 arrangedtherein, the gate secured near its upper end to the bar, the rack-barpivoted to the gate, operating in the slot of the vertical IOC bar andengaging the pin 15, and the operating-lever connected with the pivotedrackbar, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination of the vertical bar 9, provided near its upper endWith an eye 8 and near its lower end with a slot 13, and

l having a pin 15 arranged transversely therein,

the gate provided near its upper end with a horizontal rod 4, having aneye 7 engaging the eye 8 of the vertical har 9, and the rack-

